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Winterthur Seen
General information
LocationKanzleistrasse 60
8405 Winterthur
Winterthur, Zürich
Switzerland
Coordinates47°29′15″N 8°46′00″E / 47.48750°N 8.76667°E / 47.48750; 8.76667
Elevation468 m above the sea
Owned bySBB-CFF-FFS
Operated bySBB-CFF-FFS
THURBO
Line(s)Tösstalbahn
Winterthur–Wil
Platforms2
ConnectionsWinterthur buses
History
Opened4 May 1875 (1875-05-04)
Services
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Winterthur Grüzetowards Aarau S11 Sennhof-Kyburgtowards Wila
Winterthur Grüzetowards Winterthur S26 Sennhof-Kyburgtowards Rüti ZH
Location
Winterthur Seen is located in SwitzerlandWinterthur SeenWinterthur SeenLocation within Switzerland

Winterthur Seen railway station (German: Bahnhof Winterthur Seen) is a railway station that serves Seen, which is district number 3 in Winterthur, a city in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It forms part of the Tösstalbahn section between Winterthur Grüze and Bauma.

Location

Situated at the north eastern edge of central Seen, the station borders the quarter of Sonnenberg, on the other side of the tracks.

History

The station was opened on 4 May 1875, together with the rest of the first section of the Tösstalbahn, between Grüze and Bauma. One year later, the line was extended to Wald.

From 1882, the operating railway company also had a line of its own to Winterthur Hauptbahnhof.

On 10 June 1918, the station and the rest of the line were nationalized, and came under the control of the SBB-CFF-FFS.

Tracks

Winterthur Seen has two platform tracks.

Services

Zürich S-Bahn

The station is served by the following Zürich S-Bahn lines:

Local transport

Stadtbus Winterthur serves the station with one Winterthur trolleybus line and one other bus line, where both lines terminate.

Line Route
2 Wülflingen – Hauptbahnhof – Seen
9 Seen – Klösterli Iberg – Eidberg

Line 3 (Rosenberg – Hauptbahnhof – Oberseen) has a bus stop about 200 m (660 ft) from the station.

See also

References

  1. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.

External links

This article is based upon a translation of the German language version as at November 2011.

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